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Rep. Bowman charged with pulling fire alarm ahead of House spending bill vote
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Jamaal Bowman will plead guilty after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building before the Hou...
Oct 26, 2023
Biden team sees 2024 opportunity with Republicans' new speaker, and more campaign takeaways
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House at last has a new speaker and the 2024 presidential field has thoughts. Meanwhile, Vivek Ramaswamy says he's scheduled another debate -- but not wi...
Oct 26, 2023
Rep. Bowman charged with pulling fire alarm ahead of House spending bill vote
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Jamaal Bowman will plead guilty after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building before the House of Rep...
Oct 25, 2023
Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends herself from podium controversy after unusual $19K payment
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy dubbed by critics and the media as #LecternGate or #PodiumGate -- a si...
Oct 25, 2023
Who is new House Speaker Mike Johnson?
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative hard-liner, staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, and a 2020 election denier, was elected House speak...
Oct 25, 2023
Trump tries to taunt DeSantis with the 'kiss of death,' and more campaign takeaways
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis traded memes and criticisms while, elsewhere on the trail, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott made an unusual warning about Chinese ...
Oct 25, 2023
SCOTUS affirmative action ruling was 'blow' to Black students, but it put 'spotlight' on HBCUs: Advocates
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In June, the Supreme Court all but closed the door on the use of race-conscious college admissions, touching off major changes in higher education. Education ...
Oct 25, 2023
Biden is 'persona non grata' for many Arab and Muslim Americans
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After President Joe Biden's primetime address from the Oval Office where he announced he was requesting that Congress pass $105 billion in aid predomin...
Oct 24, 2023
Would House Democrats help the GOP's next speaker candidate?
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans' chaotic speaker battle has left many Democrats saying they're frustrated yet willing to find solutions for a path forward. But woul...
Oct 24, 2023
Senate Republicans seek concessions on Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel, Ukraine
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans made clear Tuesday they hope to make some major modifications to President Joe Biden's $106 billion national security funding request t...
Oct 24, 2023
